Looking Ahead

Angelica Mae D. Gomez

With the start of the new year also comes new challenges. Another year is going to be filled again with hopes for the future and well-wishes for the betterment of past situations.

For many people, New Year is a chance to make a brand new start and to finally rid some old habits, generate positive changes, re-evaluate goals, and settle disputes.

Also, with the start of the year come new developments such as declaring January of every year as “National Bible
Month,” the approved Php 1,000 increase in the pension of retired Social Security System members this month, and
the development plan of the government which seeks to improve the quality of life of Filipinos by adapting measures
that hope to reduce jobless rate, underemployment, and poverty.

Besides all the burgeoning developments of the country, other exciting events coming up would be the 65th Miss
Universe Pageant, big act concert tours of Coldplay, Bryan Adams, Journey, and Goo Goo Dolls, to name a few and the return of the hit Broadway and West End musical “Wicked” will make the year a total blast.

With all the plans of progress that we look forward, let us put in mind that these drafts will not start without the collective eﬀort of each individual.

We, the Weekly Sillimanian vows to start the change within ourselves. As we look ahead in the drafts of development
in 2017, we will also take time to look back and solve the misapprehensions of 2016.

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CAMPUS JOURNALISM EXCELLENCE AWARD: Diorson Baseleres, youngest son of Dr. Rosario M. Baseleres and the late Dionisio T. Baseleres, together with College of Mass Communication OIC-Dean Melita C. Aguilar (left) and Vice President for Development Jane Annette L. Belarmino at the launching of the Dionisio T. Baseleres Award for Excellence in Campus Journalism last Feb. 22.PHOTO BY Hannah Bengco

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the Weekly Sillimanian, also known as tWS, is the official weekly student publication of Silliman University, a private Christian university in Dumaguete City, Philippines. Its origin dates back to as early as 1903. Today, the paper is one of only four campus publications in the country that publishes on a weekly basis.